Thats not the point. He needs to get others involved especially now because we don't really know when our other players are coming back so we need to get the players we have that are healthy involved. We need to get Duce more involved and give Brunson more rest. If Thibs don't! we may be seeing Derek Rose 102.

You will see better scoring distribution now that we have added two guys who can create offense and Randle coming back.

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I like Brunson but lately he seem to be hoging the ball and not sharing. It make other players a little annoyed when they are open and can't touch the ball, and when they do get it it's so far and in between.
Just because he scores 40 points that does not mean we win the game. We are falling away from team sharing even if we miss a shot or 2 I rather see him get others involved instead of him stacking up points and we still lose.

He’s a scoring guard. This is why I said he needs a SG who can be the playmaker. Eric Snow and Allen Iverson worked because snow played defense and got others involved. But when you have too many gunners, we will lose games like this, even at full strength. OG is the type of players this team needs to add. Along with a playmaker. Someone who looks to create open shots when Thibs offense plays break down.

Jules is also be playmaking with his passes from the post. iHart with his back door passes from the pivot. OG with his unselfish blend of simply making the right play.

Take those 3 off the team and JB goes full blown scoring mode, thinking that what we need. Clearly scoring alone will not do it. Need playmakers, defenders and ball swingers. Grimes was the perfect blend of all these skills. But got ran out of NYC. We might look back on that in the future. Burks and Bogs are not playmakers. Bogs is not a defender. If they not scoring they not impacting wins.

It’s tricky to build a solid team. And so far Leon has done a Stella job. But this teams needs to be full strength to overcome some internal weaknesses. Otherwise we will get exposed in the playoffs.

Not surprising that Brunson was relied on to help pick up the slack because he can do that better than anyone else on the team. JB also had two teammates in their first game with NY

At the same time, I dont want to see Brunson overplayed midseason, with an ankle injury. Seeding isnt as important than the health of key players.

I never liked the way Pops sat stars during the regular season for a long playoff run. I saw it as gaming the system. Dont want to see the flip-side of that coin where the regular season record carries as much weight as it does now.

What they say about trying the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.